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The mythology of Citizen Journalism
For years now, Len and I have been trying to correct some of the misperceptions around 'citizen journalism'. This was the basis for a talk I recently did in Copenhagen and the subject of an interview we... TheGlobe.com: Where are the stars of Web 1.0 now?
I can't believe it took so long to happen but the Silicon Alley Insider has done a piece tracking the stars of Web 1.0. On the list are Todd Krizelman and Stephan Paternot, who I worked for in the late...Web 2.0 Challenges Traditional Government Communications
A mention of NowPublic's role in the emerging new news environment."TLDNR - If you're over 20 years old, you probably have no idea what this means. It's an acronym for "too long, did not read," and text messaging users type it to describe most of the information that comes...Online news sites powered by ordinary users offer different points of view
I recently did an interview with the Canadian Press. Here is an excerpt from the final piece:"But the website's founder, Michael Tippett, says objectivity is less important than ensuring readers have access to...NowPublic @ Vidfest 2008: Dr. Eric McLuhan, Interviewed by Michael Tippett
NowPublic is here at Vidfest liveblogging the McLuhan 2.0 conversation this morning, between Marshall McLuhan's son Dr. Eric McLuhan and our very own Michael Tippett. Follow my updates on Twitter here on...
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A dearth of news accounts from Myanmar
The LA Time's coverage of the Cyclone discusses NowPublic's role:"Previous disasters have proved to be opportunities for "open-source" reporting, in which citizens post photographs, videos and written accounts that...McLuhan at Vidfest 2008
If you are in Vancouver this month you should get to Vidfest. The festival's line-up includes some great people including Wired's Editor-in-Chief, Chris Anderson as well as John Perry Barlow, co-founder of the...Testing my presence stream
This isn't really a news story but is a test of our new presence stream functionality. This photo was sent to NowPublic via shozu. If you've got a mobile phone it is an easy way to get stuff onto the site.Release: Michael Tippett at Massive in Vancouver
If you're in Vancouver and are at Massive, I'll see you there. Don't hesitate to say hello. I'll be talking about:"The future of business and technology: the prosumer revolution This 20 minute talk will focus on the prosumer revolution. It will give an... How I Started NowPublic: Michael Tippett Tells Some
by Elecia Chrunik for www.thevancouverobserver.com NowPublic’s “crowd powered media” format takes the bold step of asking consumers of news to also be responsible for its content. An eBay-style... Defending the Amateur
Andrew Keen has put out a book attacking citizen journalism among other things. Pundits have called Andrew Keen the Ann Coulter of the anti-citizen journalism movement. Lawrence Lessig says that Keen's... NowPublic on Al Jazeera
I did an Interview with Rory when I was in Seoul last month. Here is his piece:"MediaChannel’s Rory O’Connor reports on the present and future of citizen journalism for the Al Jazeera media program... NowPublic.com Closes $10.6 Million Series A Financing Let by Rho Ventures and...
-- Leading Citizen Journalism Service Rises to More Than 100,000 Contributing Reporters; Expands Its Relationship with AP to Include Major AP Bureaus Across United States --Time Magazine Names NowPublic.com One of... Boyd vs Jarvis on the importance of local news
Earlier this week Leonard Brody, one of my co-founders at NowPublic sparked controversy in the blogosphere when he questioned the relevance of local news to the new generation of media consumers. He was quoted on GigaOm as saying:"“I’m not a believer in local...NowPublic Gets $10.6 Million For Crowd Sourced News
It's official:"“Crowd sourced” news network NowPublic.com has closed a $10.6 milion series A round of financing led by Rho Ventures with seed investors Brightspark and the Working Opportunity Fund participating."
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